There have been a host of articles, books, documentaries and videos about Carlos Castaneda, the group around him, the missing Witches and the like in the years since the first version of this website went up in 1999. This page will present a growing list of links to those works, as well as reviews and critiques of the information contained in them. The links below are in reverse chronological order, so that the latest material, including links to books, articles, and videos, will continue to appear at the top of this page for the convenience of regular site visitors. Links to reviews of other material are listed with the arrow icon next to them: ➡️ .
Table of contents
Articles
➡️ Critique of Geoffrey Gray’s Alta Journal piece by Richard Jennings
The Case of the Missing Chacmools by Geoffrey Gray, Alta Journal, 6/19/24
The Grinberg Affair by Ilan Stavans, The American Scholar, 9/5/2023
The Witches Of Westwood and Carlos Castaneda’s Sinister Legacy by Hadley Meares, laist.com, 9/2/2021
The Teachings of Carlos Castaneda, by Mike King, Stochastic Press, 2020
Carlos Castaneda: Godfather of the New Age Movement, Tsemrinpoche.com, June 10, 2018
Doing Carlos Castaneda’s Bidding for Amy Wallace, by David Houston, 9/13/2013
The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda, by Robert Marshall, Salon, April 12, 2007
Carlos Castaneda and Don Juan: Truth or Fiction, by Mick Brown, The Telegraph, 1998
City of Words: Call Me Carlos, by John Ryle, The Guardian, 7/6/1996
My Lunch with Carlos Castaneda, by Benjamin Epstein, Psychology Today, 3/1/1996
Books
Shaman: The Mysterious Life and Impeccable Death of Carlos Castaneda, by Mike Sager, NeoText, 2020 (republication of the chapter on Castaneda from Sager’s 2003 book Scary Monsters and Super Freaks)
Reading Castaneda: A Prologue to the Social Sciences, by David Silverman, Routledge Revivals, 2019
The Metamorphosis of the Subject in Foucault and Castaneda: The Way to Experience the Spirit, by Christos Voudouris, self published, 2018 (English translation by Dr. Demetrios Thanasoulas)
Making Sense of the Life and Works of Carlos Castaneda, by F. Lawrence Fleming, self published, 2018
Getting Castaneda: Understanding Carlos Castaneda, by Peter Luce, self published, 2017
The Life & Teachings of Carlos Castaneda, by William Patrick Patterson, Arete Communications, 2008
Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason, by Gaby Geuter, AuthorHouse, 2004
Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘N’ Roll and Murder, by Mike Sager, Da Capo Press, 2003 (includes chapter on Castaneda)
➡️ Review of Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Sandy McIntosh, American Book Review, June/July 2004
Sorcerer’s Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda, by Amy Wallace, North Atlantic Books, 2003
A Magical Journey With Carlos Castaneda, by Margaret Runyan Castaneda, Millenia Press, 1996
The Don Juan Papers: further Castaneda controversies, by Richard de Mille, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1990 (originally published in 1980, this version included a new foreward and preface; republished again in 2000)
Don Juan, Mescalito and Modern Magic: The Mythology of Inner Space, by Nevill Drury, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd., 1978 (republished in 1988 by Penguin Books)
➡️ Review and Summary of Daniel Noel’s Seeing Castaneda by Randy Stark on SustainedAction 1999
➡️ Summary of Richard de Mille’s Castaneda’s Journey by Sandy McIntosh on SustainedAction 1999
Castaneda’s Journey, by Richard de Mille, 2nd Edition, revised, Capra Press, 1976 (currently available version was republished in 2000)
Documentaries
The Secret of Carlos Castaneda, Vladimir Maykov (director), Metafora Film, 2018
Tales from the Jungle, BBC Documentary, 2006
Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer, Ralph Torjan, 2004
Podcasts
Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda original website [unfortunately, as of October 15, 2024, no longer available there, or anywhere else online]
Other Videos
Spirituality of Star Wars: Influence of Carlos Castaneda by Dudufilm